I like commas. I detest semi-colons — I don’t think they belong in a story. And I gave up quotation marks long ago. I found I didn’t need them, they were fly-specks on the page.

Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

All secrets become deep. All secrets become dark. That's in the nature of secrets.

Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.

When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor.

I am often asked the question How can the masses permit themselves to be exploited by the few. The answer is By being persuaded to identify with them.

The three most important documents a free society gives are a birth certificate, a passport, and a library card.

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake.

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

That Shay was in possesion of hand grenades was a comforting thought showed what kind of night this had become.

A rock that perseveres under heat and pressure soon becomes a diamond.

Reading is food for the brain.

In your mid-twenties, the paint is still wet on who you are.

It took Einstein ten years of groping through the fog to get the theory of special relativity, and he was a bright guy.

It was really a pleasure to play someone who’s literally pushed past her breaking point repeatedly.

If Kuwait grew carrots we wouldn't give a damn.

O Oysters,' said the Carpenter, You've had a pleasant run! Shall we be trotting home again?' But answer came there none - And this was scarcely odd, because They'd eaten every one.

I was told I had a two per cent chance of getting pregnant, so I say she's a two per cent baby.

I'm always working on many new projects that I can't talk about because of NDA's.